Modulation of human corticomotor excitability by somatosensory input

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 540, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 623-633

  Kaelin Lang, Alain ^a   Luft, Andreas R ^b   Sawaki, Lumy ^a   Burstein, Aaron H ^c   Sohn, Young H ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; LORAZEPAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONITORING; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HAND; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0037092296     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.012801     Document Type: Article

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